it is called the buddy holly story. john plays buddy and gilbert performs as richie vallenz. recognize the influence he had on modern music. >> yes. he was the beatles before the beatles. he was the kind of hole that he left in music is the -- the beatles came over and filled that. that was rock and roll. >> he influenced the beatles, the stones, you name it. some of the unigiants of the industry were influenced. >> yes. by 18 months of one man. >> that is pretty amazing. you play richie. >> i do. >> they call it the day the music died. he was only 22 years old. tell us what it was like to play somebody so iconic. >> the truth is i grew up watching la bamba. i was like i got richie. my family were thrilled. i feel like i have big shoe to fill. it is such and i spir ration on my life. it was exciting to get a chance. >> and tell us more about wawa welcome america. >> we are singing a couple of shows from the show. yeah. we don't really know that much about it either. we know we will go out there and have a lot of fun and try to hopefully get some people to come out and some se

. >> if i was to go back to it all, i guess i'd have to start with buddy holly. buddy died when i was about 18 and he was 22. from the moment i first heard him, i felt related, like he was an all in brother. i even thought i resembled him. >> the foundation says dillon delivered the lecture just yesterday. that 4000 word 27 minute speech wrestles with the question, can song lyrics be considered literature. it's a question that 76 year old says he's been struggling with since he won the nobel prize for literature in dillon's entire lecture on our website wusa 9.com and our wusa 9 app. >>> he's a hero on a world series winning baseball team and now he's a hero on the streets. arizona diamond backs legend lewis gonzalez rescued a woman involved in a car crash and the video of the aftermath is dramatic. it was a fiery head-on collision that happened friday night in phoenix. thankfully, the woman gonzalez pulled from the crash is going to be okay. gonzalez described to a local radio station about the moment he jumped into action. >> i was following another car and just

>> the hub city, home of buddy holly and the red raiders. arthel: i know texas.s. let me get to this important bill. what do you think of congressman bo brooks' bill? >> well, i think he's right in principle. we need to be able to protect ourselves. you can beef up security and no doubt there's being a comprehensive review by capitol hill police and other law enforcement agencies on how they can do a better job, especially when you have such a high concentration of high-profile people in high risk situations, but at the end of the day, i think that the best thing we can do is make sure that we have our constitutional rights to keep and bear arms and protect ourselves. and by the way, where i would take exception with mr. brooks, who is a good man, is that this shouldn't be something that's special for members of congress. we need americans to be able to protect themselves. i mean, the same day this happened, you had an incident at a ups facility in california in san francisco where people actually died. so there are mass shootings and the rise of terrorist attack

holly hunter. >> more with ice cube. we're going to be grilling with our good buddy. >> are you going to grill al fresco like matt taughtre than five hours now a deadly wrong way crash shut down part of route 55 northbound. one died when a truck auck collided. one of the trucks caught fire. jessica boyington has been watching and getting you around it all morning. >> big delays now and we have been watching since 3:00 this morning. all through our morning rush so far. 55 northbound has been shut down south of route 40 around exit 39. they are diverting off all morning around garden road, exist 35. they are starting to let the right shoulder move by the scene. still big delays so get off at 35 and then you can head to delsey drive and jump back on to 55 northbound around exit 39, that way. watching the schuylkill expressway, big slowdowns. 21 from the blue route to the vine. tracy, back to you. >> thank you. a check on the morning outside and what's to come with first alert meteorologist bill henley. bill? >> tracy, we're seeing sunshine and fog at cape may. it started to develop in the last hour. it's going to be out fo

holly hunter. >> more with ice cube. we're going to be grilling with our good buddy. >> are you going to grill al fresco like matt taughtgood morning. it's 56 on your thursday. i'm sam brock. we start off with a live look at downtown san jose where things are hitting up today. it will be another scorcher. meteorologist kari hall tells us this is going to be a hottest day in the bay area's prolonged heat wave, so be prepared. >>> it is also another day of health concerns after at least two south bay deaths yesterday that were tied to extreme heat. another death is also being investigated. one of them involved an elderly woman who was gardening in her yard. the other a homeless man who was living in his car. >>> cal-iso is making sure power demand is met across the area and the state. so far, a flex alert has not been issued today but everyone is asked to conserve. >>> bob redell is at cal-iso headquarters. he'll have a live report for our mud day newscast. on our twitter feed, learn what authorities are advising to stay safe in the heat. >>> in the last hour or so, senate republicans posted the full details of their prop